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Gilbert Arenas finished with 32 points and seven assists, as the Washington Wizards crushed the New Jersey Nets, 123-104, in their home opener.

The New Jersey Nets will continue their search for the first win of the season tonight, when they visit the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.

It's late, and there's already been so much written about last night's win that there isn't a whole lot to add.

The Washington Wizards tied a franchise record for losses last season with top scorer Gilbert Arenas missing all but two games.

Wizards at Mavericks Line: Mavericks by 8. With Antawn Jamison out the first couple of weeks, Flip Saunders decided to go with Mike Miller as his starting shooting guard.

With the Wizards season set to begin, optimism abounds. Optimism? Really? For a team that lost a bazillion games last year.? Yes, really! With Flip Saunders in charge, a healthy and fully motivated Gilbert Arenas and the big trade that brought the ex-Bullets both Mike Miller and Randy Foye , it's a different team than last year's Verizon Center ...

It used to be that when you talked about the Washington Wizards, there were but a few words that immediately came to mind.

This is an image that all of us hope to see sometime in June 2010. How we get there is a whole different story.

Coming off a 19-63 record in the 2008-2009 season, the Washington Wizards look primed for a bounce back season in 2009-2010. Injuries derailed the 2008-2009 Wizards as point guard Gilbert Arenas and center Brendan Haywood played a combined eight games, and guard DeShawn Stevenson missed more than half the season.

Gilbert Arenas had 29 points and nine assists, helping stake the Washington Wizards to an early lead over the revamped Dallas Mavericks and keeping them ahead throughout the final three quarters on their way to a 102-91 victory Tuesday night.

Regardless of what's said about Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, he does bring a winning product to the hardwood.

Antawn Jamison knew things were different when he heard the word "championship" come out of Flip Saunders' mouth.

From the time he entered the NBA as a rookie with the Golden State Warriors, Gilbert Arenas has been equally ambitious and impatient. Even as an unheralded second-round pick, Arenas couldn't accept that he wasn't starting, let alone not playing, his rookie season.

Now, after missing nearly two full seasons because of a recurring left knee injury that tested his patience and drive, Arenas is healthy. And again he's in a rush -- to regain his spot among the league's elite players, to hush those who lambasted his $111 million contract and to help the Washington Wizards return to the Eastern Conference's upper echelon, a perch they last reached when Arenas was confidently making game-winning shots and producing 50-point barrages.

The fate of the Washington Wizards rests on the health of oft-injured All-Star point guard Gilbert Arenas.

Tyrus Thomas scored 19 points, Brad Miller added 18 and the Chicago Bulls overcame a poor start to beat the Washington Wizards 93-70 on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

Antawn Jamison's ailing shoulder will take much longer to heal than expected - keeping him off the court well into the regular season.

After playing in just 15 games in the past two seasons because of knee problems, guard Gilbert Arenas, right, needs to stay healthy for the Wizards to be successful.

Dixon, who has averaged 8.4 points in eight seasons in the NBA with four teams, averaged 9.0 points in three preseason games.

Marvin Williams had 16 points and six rebounds and Al Horford added 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 113-95 preseason victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.

The flu has wiped out the Wizards' starting backcourt tonight, as Gilbert Arenas and Mike Miller were both sidelined against the Hawks.

For Gilbert Arenas, the task is simple: "You just play basketball and don't worry about entertaining off the court anymore." COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item.

Marvin Williams had 16 points and six rebounds and Al Horford added 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 113-95 preseason victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.

In less than a week's time, the Washington Wizards saw two of their key players go down with injuries in preseason games.

Before we start, two caveats: Okay. As we all know, Gilbert Arenas has changed from the dude who can't stop talking to the dude who won't talk at all ... that is, until he was fined by the league for refusing to talk.

Gilbert Arenas really doesn't want to talk anymore, but he has to, and since he has to -- or face more $25,000 fines -- we have to ask him questions.

Unlike the last time Washington and Detroit had a get together, I don't think last night's match-up will blow up the talk radio lines, but it did lead to some nice reactions from the media.

I have a quick post about Arenas speaking at today's practice, making blanket statements about the media being "lazy", at Truth About It .

The Washington Wizards square up against the new-look Detroit Pistons at 7:00 p.m. ET tonight in game four of the NBA preseason.

A lot has happened since Gilbert Arenas was relevant on the basketball court: The Celtics went from weeping over losing the lottery to weeping over winning the championship .

Wizards forward Antawn Jamison will miss the rest of the team's exhibition games with a right shoulder injury.

The Washington Wizards fired head coach Eddie Jordan Monday following the team's 1-10 start to the season.

LeBron James was sick. The Cleveland Cavaliers were sunk. Randy Foye scored 19 points in the fourth quarter to spark Washington's rally and led the Wizards to a 109-104 exhibition win over the Cavaliers, who played without a flu-ridden James on Wednesday night.

In their first three preseason games, the Washington Wizards have provided a glimpse of what can be expected in the coming season should they remain healthy.

Will Bynum, left, who is the Detroit Pistons' second-leading scorer in the preseason with 16.3 points per game, began his NBA career with the Washington Wizards.

He has outlasted Michael Jordan, Eddie Jordan, Kwame Brown, Doug Collins and Jerry Stackhouse. He has outlasted the bronze trim and the gold-and-black jerseys. He's outlasted the name MCI Center. He has outlasted George W. Bush. He wore No. 3 before Juan Dixon begged him for it. He wore No. 0 before selling it to Gilbert Arenas. He has watched a close friend (Jared Jeffries) bolt for big free-agent dollars and a former rival and sparring partner (Etan Thomas) get traded.

In case you haven't noticed, Brendan Haywood has been around a while.

Rookie DeMar DeRozan scored nine of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Marco Belinelli added 15 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 100-93 on Sunday.

For the paying customers of the Wizards ' only home preseason game, there should be but one question on their minds as they left the Verizon Center aftter the Dallas Mavericks ' 123-118 win last night.

Gilbert Arenas does things his way. Used to be, he spoke -- and blogged -- his mind on all manner of topics.

Much has been made during the offseason and now in the preseason about the healthy return of a certain Washington Wizards point guard, but nearly as vital to the team's quest to achieve elite status in the NBA is having Brendan Haywood back in the paint.

It seems like ages ago that Gilbert Arenas was at the top of the league in scoring, playing with the ultimate chip on his shoulder, blogging about the world according to himself and screaming, "HIBACHI!" after sinking yet another game-winning shot.

Despite the Washington Wizards' struggles during last year's 19-win season, forwards Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler managed to put up their typical All-Star-worthy numbers.

Mike Miller was selected as the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year following the 2005-06 season when he played for Memphis.

Gilbert Arenas had 10 assists in 24 minutes, and the Washington Wizards beat the Memphis Grizzlies 101-92 on Tuesday night in the preseason opener for both teams.

DeShawn Stevenson understands if you rain on him for his miserable 2008/09 campaign, one that saw him slouch his badly-injured back through 32 games while shooting at a 31.2-percent clip.

When the Wizards learned a little more than a year ago that they would have to open the 2008-09 season without Gilbert Arenas, an immediate call went out for the players who called themselves the "Future Three." Dominic McGuire proved versatile, getting time at power forward, small forward, shooting guard and point guard.

As the Washington Wizards limped along through last season's 19-63 campaign, the team had no choice but to heap a heavy workload on the shoulders of forwards Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler.

Gilbert Arenas took part in five-on-five halfcourt drills at Washington Wizards practice on Friday after sitting out scrimmages the previous two days.

RICHMOND, Oct. 2 -- Caron Butler was like a child eagerly anticipating the first day of school this week. He woke up early for the first day of training camp on Tuesday, hung his practice jersey over a chair and stared. While describing his enthusiasm for his eighth NBA season -- and fifth with the Washington Wizards -- Butler used phrases like 'a new beginning' and 'something beautiful.'

The Butler who arrived in Richmond this week was a noticeably sleeker model, having lost 10 pounds after eschewing Mountain Dew in April and changing his diet to include eating breakfast more frequently. But Butler, a two-time all-star, also plans to be a different player this season, taking a personal challenge and a request from Coach Flip Saunders to be a better individual defender.

The highly unorthodox skill set is a dynamic that should allow the 33-year-old forward to remain incredibly productive in the seasons ahead.

The basketball coverage crew at the Orlando Sentinel has put together its preseason NBA power rankings.